Halloween 2012

We kicked off Halloween at work by passing out candy to the kids in the hospital.  This is the first year that our team has participated and we had so much fun, we already have plans for next year.  Linda, Jess and I came up with the idea of being Cats!  Linda did the makeup, which was awesome!!!!  With a cart full of goodies, we headed to the hospital.

Then it was off to the evening festivities.  Gina and Tenley went to the carnival at church to help out.  They had so much fun helping in the Underground room.  They helped out from 5-7 which was just the right amount of time.  After that Gina ended up trick or treating with Analisa and Megan.  About an hour later the girls were exhausted and ready to head home.  Things sure do change when they get older, the spark of trick or treating has subsided a bit, long gone are the 2-3 hour trick or treating days which I am totally fine with!

Mom turns 70

We headed up to Placerville for mom's 70th birthday.  It was just the six of us, Mom, Dad, and sisters!  It was so much fun.  Dad and Mom picked up Karen, Robin and I at 8:30am.  We stopped at the Black Oak for breakfast then it was off to the outlets.  Amy met us there and we were off to shop till we dropped.  Dad was great, waiting for us to shop at Ann Taylor Loft and The Gap!  We then headed to Amy's house for a few snacks then off to wine taste.  The day ended with a wonderful dinner with Nancy, Bill and their friends from London.  It was great, a family style dinner with lots of great food, conversation and wine of course!!!

Happy Birthday to a wonderful MUM!!!!  We love her so much!!!!!!

Tony's clavicle

On Saturday, Tony went to his soccer game as usual then headed out to Carnegie to motorcycle ride with Bob and Dylan.  He arrived at around 3 pm, rode up a hill climb, almost had it, then POW, fell right on a rock hitting his shoulder.  Bob assisted his bike down the hill and Tony was met by several medics.  He was able to make it to the car where Dylan drove him to the Emergency Room at Kaiser.  I went to pick him up, loaded with vicodin, and a brace on his arm.  Poor Tony!!!!  We had already made plans to have dinner at Aslaug and Bob's so that is where we headed.  After a glass of wine and dinner, Tony was ready to go home  and try and get comfortable.  He didn't sleep very well the first night.  The second night was much better.  On Monday, we headed to the Orthopedic doctor to see if he had to have surgery or not.  The doctor said that he probably needed surgery and that he needed to discuss if with the surgeon himself.  About 30 minutes later, the doctor came back out to talk with us and said that he didn't need surgery.  We were so happy!!!!!  Tony especially because his boss was on vacation and there was no one to work for him.  He decided that since he didn't have to have surgery, he was feeling much better and will return to work!!!  That's my Tony!!! He has a follow up appointment next week to make sure things are healing.

Gina's birthday party

Gina turned 12!!!  She decided to just invite a few great friends to Mission Pizza.  We headed out with the help of our great friends Aslaug and Bob, ate pizza and then back home for some homemade cupcakes and presents!  The girls were great!  It's so nice at this age because they take care of themselves!  They ended up playing Wii and playing on their phones until around 9 pm when their parents picked them up.  What a great party!

Parents weekend at Sigma Kappa

We spent the weekend in Reno with Alicia for her Sigma Kappa parents weekend.  We had so much fun.  We arrived on Saturday at around 10 am.  We headed over to the Sigma Kappa house for introductions and to get our tickets to the football game.  What a great game it was! Every time a touchdown was scored by UNR, a cannon went off.  We watched the whole game, they were behind by 7 points and you could see some of the fans start to leave.  Tony made a comment that he wasn't leaving until the game was over.  We stayed until the bitter end.  Final score 35/28, UNR wins!!!!!!  The crowd went wild and so did we!!!!  We can't wait to see another college game!!!!  So exciting!!!!

The cannon going off, Touchdown UNR!

Not the final score!

Wolf Pack!!!!!

The next day we headed over to the Sigma Kappa house for a game of Family Feud with the other parents.  Then Sigma Kappa fed us a wonderful Mexican food lunch, then it was on the road for us.  Thank you Sigma Kappa and Alicia for an awesome weekend.  We love you!!!!

Until next time Reno!!!!!!

October Babies

Our two beautiful girls had a birthday!  Our October is always very busy.  Alicia turned 19 on October 12th and Gina turned 12 on October 4th.  We love you so much!!!!!!

Walt Disney Museum

Received an email from Auntie Mary inviting us to the Walt Disney Museum in San Francisco.  I didn't even know there was a Walt Disney Museum!!!  We picked a date and off we went.  Auntie Mary picked us up and Mom, Gina and I were off.  What a fun day in the city.  It was a really beautiful day for the city.  We should have worn shorts, it was that hot!!!!  We made our way through the museum, I think Gina like the part where she got to see the Golden Gate bridge from a room of windows.  It was gorgeous!!!!

We had a wonderful time and ended the day at Olive Garden for lunch!  Thanks Auntie Mary and Mom for making this a great outing!  We love spending time with you!!!!!

Karen turns 50

Karen's birthday party was so much fun.  I had fun planning and coming up with the decorations.  I had to stop looking at pinterest because I was getting too many ideas and it had to stop somewhere.

I went to my mom and dad's house and collected pictures to place on the wall, and assembled a basket with 50 suckers and Amy printed out a sticker that said "Getting Old Sucks"!!

 
I took one of the pictures and framed it and attached to the front door, made some happy birthday signs and courtesy of Racer Decal, Amy's company, a banner was made!  I just loved it!!!!!

It was such a fun party with the family and really great friends.  We sang, ate and drank until  early morning!

Karen and Terri (a long time friend)

Aslaug and Kristen

Love this picture of Tenley and Aussie!

Cindy and her mom

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My Cute Dad!!!!!

Preston.....is it over yet!!!!!

Until next time!!!!!!